EP0296875A2 - Device for transporting flat items e.g. coins or tokens - Google Patents
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- EP0296875A2 EP0296875A2 EP88305781A EP88305781A EP0296875A2 EP 0296875 A2 EP0296875 A2 EP 0296875A2 EP 88305781 A EP88305781 A EP 88305781A EP 88305781 A EP88305781 A EP 88305781A EP 0296875 A2 EP0296875 A2 EP 0296875A2
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- This invention relates to a device for transporting flat items e.g. coins or tokens (hereinafter referred to as "coin lifting device") and more particularly to a device, in which a item e.g. a coin or token) is held at its edge by a helical groove and transported while oriented extending outwardly from the groove.
- a coin lifting device e.g. a coin or token
- a coin insertion slit is formed in a lower part of the cylindrical housing and vertically oriented coins which are passed through the slit enter into a narrow space defined by the spiral ridge and housing. Upon rotation of the rotating body within the cylindrical housing, the coins vertically held in the space defined by the spiral ridge are lifted by the spiral ridge.
- the upper part of the shute is vertical but the lower part thereof is inclined to form the same plane as the rotating disk of the hopper.
- the shute In order that the coins are erected gradually within the shute, the shute is curved at its lower part to form a generally J-shape. This inevitably requires a large installation space for the shute. Therefore, the conventional coin lifting device of this type tends to be large.
- the present invention provides a device for transporting flat items such as coins comprising:
- the device includes a rotatable disk which is horizontally rotated so as to feed coins or tokens to the conveyor body provided with the helical groove, and the items are fed in their horizontal posture into the groove.
- the guide means guides the items in the helical groove so that they are not turned around the conveyor body with the rotation of the conveyor body, and a coin discharging port is formed in an upper portion of the guide surface.
- the items may be fed by a conveyor body, which may be horizontally rotated, and are inserted in a helical groove of a preferably substantially vertically disposed conveyor body so that they are vertically lifted in a substantially horizontal orientation, and so the device can be made small in size. Moreover, since each item is lifted oriented horizontally relative to the rotatable body, the device need not be bulky and a large quantity of items can be lifted in a short time.
- a coin lifting device 1 is provided with a horizontal base plate 2 and a motor 13 mounted on the under surface of the base plate 2.
- the motor 13 is provided with a gear 12 secured to its shaft.
- Gears 11 and 14 mesh with the gear 12 from opposite sides.
- the gear 11 is connected with a rotating disk 10 through a shaft 9.
- the gear 14 is provided with a roller 19 secured thereto.
- the roller 19 is provided at its periphery with a roller 18 of rubber having a high coefficient of friction and an excellent durability.
- the base plate 2 is formed at the central portion of its upper surface with a circular recess 3 and a passageway 4, both of which have a flat bottom surface 3a, respectively.
- the circular recess 3 is formed at its central portion with a circular recess 4 laid deeper therein.
- the rotating disk 10 is mounted in the recess 5 as such that the upper surface of the rotating disk 10 forms the same plane with the bottom surface 3a of the circular recess 3.
- the roller 19 is disposed at the border between the circular recess 3 and the passageway 4.
- a rotating column 20 is mounted at the corner within the passageway 4 in such a manner as to be vertically rotatable with respect to the base plate 2.
- the rotating column 20 is coaxial with a gear 15 which meshes with the gear 14 and is rotated by the motor 13 together with the rotating disk 10.
- the rotating column is preferably of hollow inside in order to reduce the weight.
- the rotating column 20 is formed with a spiral groove having a width slightly larger than the thickness of a coin so that a part of the periphery of the coin fits therein.
- four spiral grooves 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d are formed, and a coin 8 is lifted by a distance t corresponding to one pitch while the rotating column 20 makes one rotation.
- Adjacent to the rotating column 20, a guide barrel 21 is mounted on the base plate 2. The wall surface 21 a of the guide barrel 21 prevents the coin 8, which is engaged in the groove, from turning around the rotating column 20 with the rotation of the rotating column 20 and, at the same time, acts as a guide when the coin 8 is lifted.
- the guide barrel 21 is provided at its upper portion with a discharging port 21 b for discharging the coin 8 lifted.
- the guide barrel 21 is provided with a ceiling plate 22 mounted on its upper end.
- the ceiling plate 22 acts as a bearing for a shaft 23 of the rotating column 20.
- a step 24 having a guide surface 24a high enough to allow one piece of coin therethrough in a horizontal orientation.
- the stage 24 is provided with a gradually expanding regulating plate 25 secured to its upper surface by a screw 26 so that the coin 8 cannot jump up. This also secures a leaf spring plate 27 onto the regulating plate.
- the regulating plate 25 extends so far as near the rotating column 20, the orientation of the coin 8 coming from the rotating column 10 can be more effectively regulated. However, if it is too near, since the spiral groove of the rotating column 20 is inclined to the horizontal, the coin 8 is unable to enter smoothly into the spiral groove. To this end, a space is provided between the regulating plate 25 and the rotating column 20. A free end of the spring 27 is disposed between the regulating plate 25 and the rotating column 20 to press on the coin so that it will not jump up excessively. At the same time, as the coin 8 is slowly inserted into the spiral groove, it is deformed upwardly in accordance with the degree of the inclination.
- the coil lifting device 1 is installed within, for example, a money exchanger 30 as shown in Fig. 4.
- Ball lending machines 31 for lending game balls are each disposed between the adjacent game machines such as, for example, pinball game machines 40. Under the ball lending machines 31, a belt conveyor 32 is disposed. When coins 8 are put into the ball lending machine 31 in order to obtain game balls, these coins 8 are dropped on the belt conveyor 32, transferred by belt conveyor 32, and dropped on the rotating disk 10 of the coin lifting device 1.
- the rotating disk 10 is provided at its upper portion with a bucket having an opening at its bottom. Since the coins 8 transferred by the belt conveyor 32 are flowed down along the bucket, a proper quantity of coins 8 are fed onto the upper surface of the rotating disk 10.
- the spring plate 27 pressurize the upper surface of each coin 8 so that the coin 8 will not jump up, and is pushed up depending on the degree of inclination of the coin 8, so that the coin 8 is not prevented from engaging in the spiral groove of the rotating column 20.
- the coins 8 inserted in the spiral groove of the rotating column 20 are received by the wall surface 21 a of the guide barrel 21. Since the rotating column 20 is rotated clockwise, the coins 8 inserted in the spiral groove of the rotating column 20 are normally abutted against the wall surface 21 a and lifted in that posture. Since four spiral grooves are formed in the rotating column 20 as shown in Fig. 3, the coins 8 are lifted by the height t corresponding to four lines of groove 4 during one rotation of the rotating column 20. The coins 8 lifted up to the upper portion of the rotating column 20 in the manner described are discharged from the discharging port 21 which is formed at the upper portion of the guide barrel 21. The discharged coins 8, as shown in Fig.
- a hopper 31 disposed immediate under the discharging port 21b.
- a predetermined number of coins among coins pooled in the hopper 31 are flowed downward through a shooter 32 provided at the bottom portion of the hopper 31 and paid out onto a coin receiver 33.
- spiral grooves are formed in the rotating column.
- a different number of spiral grooves can be used.
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- This invention relates to a device for transporting flat items e.g. coins or tokens (hereinafter referred to as "coin lifting device") and more particularly to a device, in which a item e.g. a coin or token) is held at its edge by a helical groove and transported while oriented extending outwardly from the groove.
- As described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 61-17925, there have been known coin lifting devices which comprises a hopper with a rotating disk disposed at angles within a bucket, and a sleeve-shaped shute connected to an outlet port of the hopper, coins fed one by one from the hopper being pushed into the shute, thereby to push up coins standing in a row within the shute one by one. Japanese Patent Application Early Laid-open Publication No. Sho 61-288288 also discloses a coin lifting device which comprises a vertically disposed rotating body with a spiral ridge formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a cylindrical housing covering the rotating body. In this device, a coin insertion slit is formed in a lower part of the cylindrical housing and vertically oriented coins which are passed through the slit enter into a narrow space defined by the spiral ridge and housing. Upon rotation of the rotating body within the cylindrical housing, the coins vertically held in the space defined by the spiral ridge are lifted by the spiral ridge.
- In the first-mentioned conventional coin lifting device, the upper part of the shute is vertical but the lower part thereof is inclined to form the same plane as the rotating disk of the hopper. In order that the coins are erected gradually within the shute, the shute is curved at its lower part to form a generally J-shape. This inevitably requires a large installation space for the shute. Therefore, the conventional coin lifting device of this type tends to be large.
- On the other hand, in the second-mentioned conventional coin lifting device, coins are lifted in their standing posture. Therefore, it is difficult to handle a high number of coins per unit time and the speed of discharging coins is slow.
- The present invention provides a device for transporting flat items such as coins comprising:
- means for feeding the items one-by-one to a conveyor body having at least one helical conveyor groove in the periphery thereof and rotatable about an axis, so that a peripheral edge of the item engages the helical groove on the peripheral surface of the body; and
- guide means extending lengthwise of the conveyor body for constraining the movement of an item once its peripheral edge is engaged in the groove such that subsequent rotation of the conveyor body causes the article to be propelled lengthwise of the body engaged with and extending outwardly from the grooves until the item reaches a discharge port remote from the feeding means.
- Preferably the device includes a rotatable disk which is horizontally rotated so as to feed coins or tokens to the conveyor body provided with the helical groove, and the items are fed in their horizontal posture into the groove. Preferably the guide means guides the items in the helical groove so that they are not turned around the conveyor body with the rotation of the conveyor body, and a coin discharging port is formed in an upper portion of the guide surface.
- With the present invention, the items may be fed by a conveyor body, which may be horizontally rotated, and are inserted in a helical groove of a preferably substantially vertically disposed conveyor body so that they are vertically lifted in a substantially horizontal orientation, and so the device can be made small in size. Moreover, since each item is lifted oriented horizontally relative to the rotatable body, the device need not be bulky and a large quantity of items can be lifted in a short time.
- The present invention will be further described by way of non-limitative example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an important portion of the embodiment of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a front view showing an upper portion of a rotating column; and
- Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing a use example of the embodiment of Fig. 1.
- In Fig. 1, a coin lifting device 1 is provided with a
horizontal base plate 2 and amotor 13 mounted on the under surface of thebase plate 2. Themotor 13 is provided with agear 12 secured to its shaft.Gears gear 12 from opposite sides. Thegear 11 is connected with a rotatingdisk 10 through ashaft 9. Thegear 14 is provided with aroller 19 secured thereto. Theroller 19 is provided at its periphery with aroller 18 of rubber having a high coefficient of friction and an excellent durability. - As is shown in Fig. 2, the
base plate 2 is formed at the central portion of its upper surface with acircular recess 3 and a passageway 4, both of which have aflat bottom surface 3a, respectively. Thecircular recess 3 is formed at its central portion with a circular recess 4 laid deeper therein. The rotatingdisk 10 is mounted in therecess 5 as such that the upper surface of the rotatingdisk 10 forms the same plane with thebottom surface 3a of thecircular recess 3. Theroller 19 is disposed at the border between thecircular recess 3 and the passageway 4. A rotatingcolumn 20 is mounted at the corner within the passageway 4 in such a manner as to be vertically rotatable with respect to thebase plate 2. The rotatingcolumn 20 is coaxial with agear 15 which meshes with thegear 14 and is rotated by themotor 13 together with the rotatingdisk 10. The rotating column is preferably of hollow inside in order to reduce the weight. - The rotating
column 20 is formed with a spiral groove having a width slightly larger than the thickness of a coin so that a part of the periphery of the coin fits therein. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, fourspiral grooves coin 8 is lifted by a distance t corresponding to one pitch while therotating column 20 makes one rotation. Adjacent to the rotatingcolumn 20, aguide barrel 21 is mounted on thebase plate 2. Thewall surface 21 a of theguide barrel 21 prevents thecoin 8, which is engaged in the groove, from turning around therotating column 20 with the rotation of therotating column 20 and, at the same time, acts as a guide when thecoin 8 is lifted. Theguide barrel 21 is provided at its upper portion with adischarging port 21 b for discharging thecoin 8 lifted. Theguide barrel 21 is provided with aceiling plate 22 mounted on its upper end. Theceiling plate 22 acts as a bearing for ashaft 23 of the rotatingcolumn 20. - In Fig. 2, in order to form the passageway 4, there is'provided a
step 24 having a guide surface 24a high enough to allow one piece of coin therethrough in a horizontal orientation. Thestage 24 is provided with a gradually expanding regulatingplate 25 secured to its upper surface by ascrew 26 so that thecoin 8 cannot jump up. This also secures aleaf spring plate 27 onto the regulating plate. - If the
regulating plate 25 extends so far as near therotating column 20, the orientation of thecoin 8 coming from therotating column 10 can be more effectively regulated. However, if it is too near, since the spiral groove of the rotatingcolumn 20 is inclined to the horizontal, thecoin 8 is unable to enter smoothly into the spiral groove. To this end, a space is provided between the regulatingplate 25 and the rotatingcolumn 20. A free end of thespring 27 is disposed between the regulatingplate 25 and the rotatingcolumn 20 to press on the coin so that it will not jump up excessively. At the same time, as thecoin 8 is slowly inserted into the spiral groove, it is deformed upwardly in accordance with the degree of the inclination. - When biting of the coins takes place on the rotating
disk 10, themotor 13 is caused to rotate reversely. At this time, if therotating column 20 is rotated reversely, thecoins 8 engaged in the spiral groove of the relatingcolumn 20 are disengaged from the spiral groove and dropped on the base portion of therotating column 20. And, since these coins bite into therotating column 20; etc., coin clog is possible. Therefore, when biting of thecoins 8 takes place on the rotatingdisk 10, it is preferable that only the rotatingdisk 10 is rotated reversely and the rotatingcolumn 20 is not rotated reversely. To this end, a one-way clutch 16 is disposed between thegear 15 and the rotatingcolumn 20. - The coil lifting device 1 according to the present invention is installed within, for example, a
money exchanger 30 as shown in Fig. 4.Ball lending machines 31 for lending game balls are each disposed between the adjacent game machines such as, for example,pinball game machines 40. Under theball lending machines 31, abelt conveyor 32 is disposed. Whencoins 8 are put into theball lending machine 31 in order to obtain game balls, thesecoins 8 are dropped on thebelt conveyor 32, transferred bybelt conveyor 32, and dropped on the rotatingdisk 10 of the coin lifting device 1. The rotatingdisk 10 is provided at its upper portion with a bucket having an opening at its bottom. Since thecoins 8 transferred by thebelt conveyor 32 are flowed down along the bucket, a proper quantity ofcoins 8 are fed onto the upper surface of the rotatingdisk 10. - The function of the above-mentioned embodiment will now be described. When the
gear 12 is rotated by themotor 13, therotating disk 10 is rotated counterclockwise through thegear 11 meshing with thegear 12. Therubber roller 18 is rotated counterclockwise through thegears rotating column 20 is rotated clockwise through thegears coins 8 supplied by thebelt conveyor 32 are dropped onto therotating disk 10, and then moved toward the peripheral side of therotating disk 10 due to the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of therotating disk 10. After the periphery of eachcoin 8 is received by the wall of thecircular recess 3, thecoins 8 are rotated along the wall of thecircular recess 3 together with therotating disk 10. - When the
coins 8 which were moved along the wall of thecircular recess 3, arrive at the guide surface 24a continuously formed from the wall of thecircular recess 3, they are guided by the guide surface 24a and regulatingplate 25 into the passageway 4. Thecoins 8, which have entered into the passageway 4, are pushed out by therubber roller 18 rotating counterclockwise in the tangent direction of therotating disk 20 rotating clockwise, and the periphery of eachcoin 8 is pushed into the spiral groove of therotating column 20. Since the spiral groove is inclined with respect to thebase plate 2, the slightlyinclined coins 8 are inserted into the spiral groove of therotating column 20. At this time, thespring plate 27 pressurize the upper surface of eachcoin 8 so that thecoin 8 will not jump up, and is pushed up depending on the degree of inclination of thecoin 8, so that thecoin 8 is not prevented from engaging in the spiral groove of therotating column 20. - After slightly rotated according to the rotation of the
rotating column 20, thecoins 8 inserted in the spiral groove of therotating column 20 are received by thewall surface 21 a of theguide barrel 21. Since the rotatingcolumn 20 is rotated clockwise, thecoins 8 inserted in the spiral groove of therotating column 20 are normally abutted against thewall surface 21 a and lifted in that posture. Since four spiral grooves are formed in therotating column 20 as shown in Fig. 3, thecoins 8 are lifted by the height t corresponding to four lines of groove 4 during one rotation of therotating column 20. Thecoins 8 lifted up to the upper portion of therotating column 20 in the manner described are discharged from the dischargingport 21 which is formed at the upper portion of theguide barrel 21. The dischargedcoins 8, as shown in Fig. 4, are pooled in ahopper 31 disposed immediate under the dischargingport 21b. Upon operation of themoney exchanger 30, a predetermined number of coins among coins pooled in thehopper 31 are flowed downward through ashooter 32 provided at the bottom portion of thehopper 31 and paid out onto acoin receiver 33. - In the above-mentioned embodiment, four spiral grooves are formed in the rotating column. However, a different number of spiral grooves can be used.
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